Serious Philosophical Question

[TheGreatErenan]

Yeah, to clarify option 1, the new set of mental characteristics should be assumed to be a relatively normal collection of personality traits. That is, you can assume your body will not be inhabited by a perfectly kind, rational, friendly, likable super-genius, and it also will not be inhabited by a mute psychopath who likes to eat kittens or something like that.

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By the way, my own answer to the question is that my choice depends on the likelihood of death in option 2. If I am very likely to die, I'd pick option 1. If I am very likely to survive, I'd pick option 2. Somewhere in the middle is a point where I'd be roughly equally comfortable with either option, but I'm not sure exactly where that point is.

But the real answer is that first, I'd try to stall and talk the villain out of it for as long as I can, but if he absolutely forced me to pick an option then I'd choose as described above.